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September 27, 2006
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
Vol. CLIX, No. 26
Mike
Brittingham
will start
Saturday as
the Trojans’ new
fullback. 16
INSIDE
www.dailytrojan.com
Career
Guide
Page S1
By TOREY VAN OOT
Staff Writer
Senators unanimously approved a resolution advo-cating
for more changes to student seating at the
Coliseum and student representation in administrative
decisions at Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Student
Government meeting.
The resolution calls for increased
quality and quantity of student seat-ing,
improvements to safety and
crowding outside the student entrance
at Gate 28 and more communication
among USG, Athletics, Student Affairs
and the Ticket Office in matters con-cerning
student attendance at events
and ticketing.
“The long-term prosperity depends
on the unity of the Trojan Family …
(and) the changes made to the student
seating section in the Coliseum for the
2006-2007 football season challenge
Trojan Family values,” the resolution
states.
Residential Senator Brian Brett
said the resolution is an “actionable
solution” to student concerns created
from feedback gathered at USG’s Sept.
19 town hall meeting.
About 200 students who attended
the town hall meeting are listed as
co-authors of the resolution, which
will be presented to administrators on Friday along with
petitions of support circulating campus.
Many issues addressed in the resolution overlap
with additional changes to student seating announced
Tuesday in an open letter to the students from Vice
President of Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson.
The letter, which was published in the Daily Trojan,
stated that all undergraduate students would be guaran-teed
the opportunity to buy home football game seats for
the 2007 season.
Athletics and Student Affairs announced before the
An approved Senate resolution urges for
more student seating, safety and better
communication with Athletics.
Senate
votes on
seating
| see USG, page 14 |
By DIYA CHACKO
Staff Writer
A flu-like illness is sneaking up
on students, infecting dorms and
apartments from one end of the
campus to the other.
Students have reported being
sick in Webb Tower, Trojan Hall,
Marks Tower and other dorms and
apartments.
Andrew Young, a junior living
in Cardinal Gardens and majoring
in creative writing, said his illness
came without warning.
“I got it, and then my friends
started getting it, too,” he said. “I
woke up on a Sunday and felt like
there was no point in even getting
up. I ended up getting better by the
end of the week.”
The symptoms of the cold
include coughing, stuffy noses,
sore throats and light-headedness.
Students might feel perfectly fine
one night and completely miserable
the next day.
Dr. Richard Lubman, an associ-ate
professor at the Keck School
of Medicine, said that the illness
seems like a viral infection.
“If you’re living in close quar-ters,
you’re taking on the risk of a
respiratory infection,” he said. “All
you can do is try your best to avoid
others.”
The 2005 National College
Health Assessment Report indicates
that colds and flus typically affect
about 37.5 percent of USC under-graduates
and about 12.2 percent of
graduate students each year.
How can someone tell if his or
her illness is the dreaded flu virus
or just an ordinary cold? The symp-toms
of both illnesses are practically
the same; the key to distinguish-ing
them is by the intensity of the
symptoms.
A fever would usually manifest
itself with the flu. Chest pains and
headaches are also severe with the
flu, as well as exhaustion. The flu
usually lasts about two weeks.
Colds rarely induce a fever, but
stuffy noses, coughing and sneezing
symptoms are usually present.
Julia Turner, an undeclared
freshman, said almost everyone
who got sick in her dorm showed
all symptoms.
Stephen McDowell, a freshman
majoring in East Asian languages
and culture, said he noticed a friend
who went out of town felt sick after
he returned to school.
“He got sick, his roommate got
sick and then kids down the hall got
sick,” said McDowell, who lives in
Marks Tower. “I have a sore throat
right now, so I went to the pharma-cy
and got a lot of vitamin-C tablets.
I’ve been taking them every day.”
Ching-Yi Lin, a pharmacist at
the USC Pharmacy, said the illness
could be a result of the changing
season.
“People with weaker immune
systems can be affected easily,” Lin
said. “Vitamin C and exercise boost
the immune system. If students feel
ill, they should stop by the phar-macy.
We can recommend the right
over-the-counter products to give
them.”
Lin said the number of students
who come in to purchase cold medi-cation
varies from about four to
seven daily and warned that stu-dents
should not wait if they detect
any symptoms.
Dorms turn into havens
for colds and flus as L.A.
temperatures drop to 80s.
More students feeling sick with change in season
Damon Wang | Daily Trojan
On the wall. Sixth-grade students from Foshay Learning Center recently displayed their work at the University Village International Food
Court. Students spent the semester learning basic photography skills from French photographer Olivier Cullman.
By HELEN MOSER
Contributing Writer
With disposable cameras and the
instruction of renowned French photog-rapher
Olivier Cullman to aid them, the
35 sixth-grade students of David Dillard’s
study-hall class at Foshay Learning Center
embarked on their assignments of capturing
their worlds through photography.
The products of their efforts — photo-graphs
of subjects that vary from animals to
cars to family members — are currently on
display at University Village’s International
Food Court.
Sponsored by the USC Fisher Gallery’s
Art in the Village outreach program,
Joint Educational Project and the USC
Francophone Resource Center, the proj-ect
treated the students to a semester’s
worth of instruction
from Cullman, an
accomplished French
photographer who has
compiled two photog-raphy
books.
Cullman, who spent
two hours a week with
the students, related to
them the importance
of components such as
lighting, angles, per-spective
and theme.
The next part of
the project was left
entirely to the discre-tion
of the students.
Issued disposable cam-eras,
the sixth graders
were told to capture
photographs of a theme of their choice.
Dillard said while some of the students
chose subjects such as nature and cars,
many of the students decided to capture
their family members and other significant
people in their lives.
Foshay student Daisey Bravo was a
member of last year’s study-hall class and
chose to focus her photography on images
Foshay students display candid works
| see Foshay, page 14 |
Three USC organizations
sponsored 35 sixth graders in a
semester-long photo class.
INDEX
WEATHER
Tomorrow: Cloudy. High
83, low 64.
Today: Cloudy. High 83, low
63.
SoCal finally gets its own
H&M clothing store, with
shoppers lining up. 7
News Digest.......2
Upcoming ..........2
Opinions.............4
Lifestyle..............7
Classifieds.......12
Sports...............16
Guys or girls — who picks up
the check on a date? 4
Damon Wang | Daily Trojan
Candid talk. Béatrice Mousli-Bennett, left, director of the
Francophone Resource Center, talks with teacher David Dillard.
“We’re glad
no student
will ever
be turned
away from
a football
game, hope-fully
ever
again. But
there’s still
more work
we can do
this year.”
◆
Sam
Gordon
president
USG

September 27, 2006
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
Vol. CLIX, No. 26
Mike
Brittingham
will start
Saturday as
the Trojans’ new
fullback. 16
INSIDE
www.dailytrojan.com
Career
Guide
Page S1
By TOREY VAN OOT
Staff Writer
Senators unanimously approved a resolution advo-cating
for more changes to student seating at the
Coliseum and student representation in administrative
decisions at Tuesday night’s Undergraduate Student
Government meeting.
The resolution calls for increased
quality and quantity of student seat-ing,
improvements to safety and
crowding outside the student entrance
at Gate 28 and more communication
among USG, Athletics, Student Affairs
and the Ticket Office in matters con-cerning
student attendance at events
and ticketing.
“The long-term prosperity depends
on the unity of the Trojan Family …
(and) the changes made to the student
seating section in the Coliseum for the
2006-2007 football season challenge
Trojan Family values,” the resolution
states.
Residential Senator Brian Brett
said the resolution is an “actionable
solution” to student concerns created
from feedback gathered at USG’s Sept.
19 town hall meeting.
About 200 students who attended
the town hall meeting are listed as
co-authors of the resolution, which
will be presented to administrators on Friday along with
petitions of support circulating campus.
Many issues addressed in the resolution overlap
with additional changes to student seating announced
Tuesday in an open letter to the students from Vice
President of Student Affairs Michael L. Jackson.
The letter, which was published in the Daily Trojan,
stated that all undergraduate students would be guaran-teed
the opportunity to buy home football game seats for
the 2007 season.
Athletics and Student Affairs announced before the
An approved Senate resolution urges for
more student seating, safety and better
communication with Athletics.
Senate
votes on
seating
| see USG, page 14 |
By DIYA CHACKO
Staff Writer
A flu-like illness is sneaking up
on students, infecting dorms and
apartments from one end of the
campus to the other.
Students have reported being
sick in Webb Tower, Trojan Hall,
Marks Tower and other dorms and
apartments.
Andrew Young, a junior living
in Cardinal Gardens and majoring
in creative writing, said his illness
came without warning.
“I got it, and then my friends
started getting it, too,” he said. “I
woke up on a Sunday and felt like
there was no point in even getting
up. I ended up getting better by the
end of the week.”
The symptoms of the cold
include coughing, stuffy noses,
sore throats and light-headedness.
Students might feel perfectly fine
one night and completely miserable
the next day.
Dr. Richard Lubman, an associ-ate
professor at the Keck School
of Medicine, said that the illness
seems like a viral infection.
“If you’re living in close quar-ters,
you’re taking on the risk of a
respiratory infection,” he said. “All
you can do is try your best to avoid
others.”
The 2005 National College
Health Assessment Report indicates
that colds and flus typically affect
about 37.5 percent of USC under-graduates
and about 12.2 percent of
graduate students each year.
How can someone tell if his or
her illness is the dreaded flu virus
or just an ordinary cold? The symp-toms
of both illnesses are practically
the same; the key to distinguish-ing
them is by the intensity of the
symptoms.
A fever would usually manifest
itself with the flu. Chest pains and
headaches are also severe with the
flu, as well as exhaustion. The flu
usually lasts about two weeks.
Colds rarely induce a fever, but
stuffy noses, coughing and sneezing
symptoms are usually present.
Julia Turner, an undeclared
freshman, said almost everyone
who got sick in her dorm showed
all symptoms.
Stephen McDowell, a freshman
majoring in East Asian languages
and culture, said he noticed a friend
who went out of town felt sick after
he returned to school.
“He got sick, his roommate got
sick and then kids down the hall got
sick,” said McDowell, who lives in
Marks Tower. “I have a sore throat
right now, so I went to the pharma-cy
and got a lot of vitamin-C tablets.
I’ve been taking them every day.”
Ching-Yi Lin, a pharmacist at
the USC Pharmacy, said the illness
could be a result of the changing
season.
“People with weaker immune
systems can be affected easily,” Lin
said. “Vitamin C and exercise boost
the immune system. If students feel
ill, they should stop by the phar-macy.
We can recommend the right
over-the-counter products to give
them.”
Lin said the number of students
who come in to purchase cold medi-cation
varies from about four to
seven daily and warned that stu-dents
should not wait if they detect
any symptoms.
Dorms turn into havens
for colds and flus as L.A.
temperatures drop to 80s.
More students feeling sick with change in season
Damon Wang | Daily Trojan
On the wall. Sixth-grade students from Foshay Learning Center recently displayed their work at the University Village International Food
Court. Students spent the semester learning basic photography skills from French photographer Olivier Cullman.
By HELEN MOSER
Contributing Writer
With disposable cameras and the
instruction of renowned French photog-rapher
Olivier Cullman to aid them, the
35 sixth-grade students of David Dillard’s
study-hall class at Foshay Learning Center
embarked on their assignments of capturing
their worlds through photography.
The products of their efforts — photo-graphs
of subjects that vary from animals to
cars to family members — are currently on
display at University Village’s International
Food Court.
Sponsored by the USC Fisher Gallery’s
Art in the Village outreach program,
Joint Educational Project and the USC
Francophone Resource Center, the proj-ect
treated the students to a semester’s
worth of instruction
from Cullman, an
accomplished French
photographer who has
compiled two photog-raphy
books.
Cullman, who spent
two hours a week with
the students, related to
them the importance
of components such as
lighting, angles, per-spective
and theme.
The next part of
the project was left
entirely to the discre-tion
of the students.
Issued disposable cam-eras,
the sixth graders
were told to capture
photographs of a theme of their choice.
Dillard said while some of the students
chose subjects such as nature and cars,
many of the students decided to capture
their family members and other significant
people in their lives.
Foshay student Daisey Bravo was a
member of last year’s study-hall class and
chose to focus her photography on images
Foshay students display candid works
| see Foshay, page 14 |
Three USC organizations
sponsored 35 sixth graders in a
semester-long photo class.
INDEX
WEATHER
Tomorrow: Cloudy. High
83, low 64.
Today: Cloudy. High 83, low
63.
SoCal finally gets its own
H&M clothing store, with
shoppers lining up. 7
News Digest.......2
Upcoming ..........2
Opinions.............4
Lifestyle..............7
Classifieds.......12
Sports...............16
Guys or girls — who picks up
the check on a date? 4
Damon Wang | Daily Trojan
Candid talk. Béatrice Mousli-Bennett, left, director of the
Francophone Resource Center, talks with teacher David Dillard.
“We’re glad
no student
will ever
be turned
away from
a football
game, hope-fully
ever
again. But
there’s still
more work
we can do
this year.”
◆
Sam
Gordon
president
USG